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Bridges comes out most Thursday afternoons.
Front Desk Hours:
9am-2:30pm,
M-Th
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MIPC Sunday Worship Services
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with 3 Services and Sunday School
8:15am
Breakfast Service
(meal served at
7:45am)
9:15am
Christian Education
for All Ages
(No Sunday School
on May 28th)
10:35am
Traditional Service
5:00pm
Evening Service
SUMMER SCHEDULE
begins on June 18
with One Service
at 9:30am
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May 28, 2017
Ascension Sunday
Breakfast Service at 8:15am
Traditional Service at 10:35am
Evening Worship at 5:00pm
No Education Hour This Week
Sermon:
"The Problem with Staring"
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11, 15-17, 21-26
"Eternal God,
you call us to ventures
of which we cannot see the ending,
by paths as yet untrodden,
through perils unknown.
Give us faith to go out with courage,
not knowing where we go,
but only that your hand is leading us
and your love supporting us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
(from PCUSA's Book of Common Worship)
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Memorial Day
The church office will be closed for the holiday
on Monday, May 29th.
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.
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The Faiths of Our Neighbors
No Sunday School Class This Sunday, May 28th
Schedule for the rest of the speaker series:
June 4
Dr. Deekshith Parasaram (Lakshmi Venkateswara Hindu Temple)
June 11
Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld (Island Synagogue - Orthodox Judaism)
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Meetings After Worship on June 4
Special Meetings After Each Sunday Worship Service
The MIPC Session sent a letter last week with financial statements as a follow up to the finance and stewardship conversation from the Annual Meeting in February (copies are available in the narthex, or you may view the letter here). We are inviting everyone to one of three brief meetings after each worship service on June 4th where we'll discuss possible strategies toward ensuring the financial stability of the church and to care for the building for decades to come.
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Tables of 8
This is a new opportunity to get to know your church family better and to meet folks from church that you may not already know. The emphasis is on fun and fellowship. Groups of 8 persons get together once a month for three consecutive months (July, August, and September). You plan and then share meals at participants' homes, or wherever the group decides, such as a restaurant, or even at the church. Find out more and sign up here. You may also sign up after the worship services on Sunday.
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Missions
Fill-the Bag Sunday is This Sunday, May 28 at 9:15am
We pack brown bags for Plymouth on Stewart and clear bags for YouthCare on the last Sunday of each month. All ages are welcome! Please join us after the breakfast service this Sunday morning.
Help our MIPC mission partner, Leschi Elementary School
Please bring sweatpants, gently used or new, sizes 5-15 for children in kindergarten - 5th grade, and girl's underwear, too. Look for the labeled donation bins in the hallway.
Mission Summer Opportunities:
June 21 - Refugee School Kits for Jordan
During 6th Grade Welcome Week
August 12 - Painting Party at Leschi Elementary School
August 12 - Fill backpacks for Friends of the Children
at the Family Summer Campout
Last Sunday of each month - Fill the Bags
for Plymouth On Stewart and YouthCare
after worship in the courtyard
Please Bring Us Your Travel-Size Toiletries
In your travels, don't forget to collect travel-size hotel toiletries. We will use them when we fill-the-bags for YouthCare on the last Sunday of each month.
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The church is looking for a part time groundskeeper to work over the summer, eight hours a week. Salary is minimum wage. Work will include items such as cutting the lawn, cutting back blackberries and ivy, pressure washing and weeding. A complete job description is attached here. If interested email a cover letter and resume to Judith Baxter, judithb@mipc.org
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Wednesday Morning Acts Bible Study 
Beginning June 21st, 11:00am
Come join Kristy Farber, Lindsay Murphy, and Ben McConaughy at 11am on Wednesdays this summer as we pray, open scripture, and explore the Book of Acts together. No preparation is needed.
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July 17th - 21st, 9am - noon
VBS offers a fun and creative venue for teaching Christ-like values, building a biblical foundation, and reaching out to our neighbors. The entire congregation can get involved! Adults can decorate, teach, lead rotations, shepherd children, prepare food, invite neighbors, help with registration, and pray.
VBS is an invaluable opportunity to teach children about Jesus's love and with the Hero Central curriculum help them discover their strength in God.
I hope you will join us this summer.
Early registration at $85 ends May 31st! Register online now.
Your help is needed. Volunteer for July 17-21st
9am-noon, or for
decorating the week before.
Email or talk with Kim Jewett to volunteer:
KimJ@mipc.org
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Women's & Men's Mexico
Home Building Trips 2017
Join us in an experience which could be your highlight of the church year! No experience or skill necessary. Over four or five days in Mexico you will: Work hard; Construct new homes for families with desperate needs; Build on old friendships - and develop new ones; and maybe learn something about yourself in the process.
SAVE THE DATES
Men's Mexico home building trip is:
October 19-22 (Thursday-Sunday)
Women's Mexico home building trip is:
November 1-5 (Wednesday-Sunday)
For more info or to be added to our info distribution list, please mark your calendar and contact:
Women's Trip - Lindsay Murphy lindsaym@mipc.org
Men's Trip - Dave Vandenbosch drvande@aol.com
Flyer at mipc.org
Scholarships Available - Please contact Lindsay or Dave
PS - Don't tell the youth, but we "cheat". The heavy site prep and cement work is outsourced to allow for the shorter trip duration.
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Sanctuary Flowers
Please consider offering a floral arrangement to honor a special occasion or just because you love what flowers do for our spirits. Sign up in the office or contact Marilee.Ahalt@gmail.com and she will help you make it happen.
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Tuesday Morning Men's Bible Study
We meet on Tuesdays at 7:00am in the Fireside Room. Please contact Tim Hamp for more information (tnt@tvhkeys.com)
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3605 84th Ave SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 232-5595
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